Syd Carpenter, known primarily as a Ceramicist/scluptor, investigates the intersection of art and gardens, African American history, agriculture ,the land, and the human form. The scope and extraordinary range of her 50 year art career is being celebrated in an unprecedented retrospective that is being exhibited in 3 different museums….Woodmere Art Museum, the Maguire Art Museum at Saint Joseph's University, and the Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College. She is also the recipient of multiple fellowships including United States Artist Fellowship,Anonymous Was A Woman grant, Pew Fellowship and an NEA Fellowship. Carpenter's work is held in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum,[4] the Metropolitan Museum of Art,[21] and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.